Word: moneys
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...investigate this problem at its source, and to establish, if possible, some sort of co-operation with foreign governments that Anthony Caminetti, Commissioner-general of Immigration, has recently sailed for Europe. Much confusion, the waste of time and money, and even the separation of families, has been caused through the immigrants' ignorance as to the barriers and conditions that they must pass before they enter America. If they could learn, before leaving their old homes, whether or not they would be admitted by our immigration authorities, most of this trouble might be easily avoided. Indeed, one method has already been...
...revert back to the "good old days." Instead of going to work to make up the shortage of goods, however, we experienced a general let-down in industry. Labor went on a vacation. Supply dwindled. At the same time the Government found processes of war financing. We had needed money during the war--so we printed it. We needed more after the war so we printed some more. Circulation per capita finally stood at $58 as compared to $34 in 1914. Increased money means increased purchasing power (in dollars) and great demand. Prices went...
...were founding a university--and I say it with all the seriousness of which I am capable, I would found first a smoking room; then when I had a little more money in hand I would found a dormitory, then after that, or more properly with that, a decent reading room and a library. After that, if I still had money over that I couldn't use, I would hire a professor and get some textbooks. --New York Times...
...what it considers a capitalistic plot to further the "open shop." If its only opponents were the capitalists and employers this sum might be sufficient, but unless the Federation changes its beliefs it is likely that public opinion will be lined up with its opponents; and no amount of money can change that. Mr. Bohm, who is the secretary of the Central Federated Union, sees in the widespread unemployment the direct result of a conspiracy to force labor to take what work and wages it can get. "I am not a prophet," he says, "so I cannot say what...
...Where an applicant finds that he cannot attend the game, his ticket may be returned to the Association and the money will be refunded on those received before November...